By Solly Maphumulo, Poloko Tau, Shaun Smillie, Lee Rondganger, Alex Eliseev and Karyn Maughan
People dived for cover and scattered as gun shots rang out at the Bree Street taxi rank this morning.
This was the second attack since yesterday afternoon's brazen shooting that left one taxi driver dead.
Taxi driver Sipho Mkhize said he heard gun shots being fired just after 9am.
"It's frightening. We are still shocked because the gunfire came out of the blue. Luckily I was not here yesterday when the shooting happened. But it's tense here," Mkhize said.
He said a convoy of taxis owned by the association embroiled in a dispute sped out of the rank ahead of the gunfire.
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Scores of passengers were left stranded after the incident and police maintained a heavy presence.
Abegail Kgogo was unaware of a dispute between taxi associations. She waited in vain for a taxi to ferry her to Clearwater Mall where she works.
"I start at 11am and I'm going to be late. There is no other alternative mode of transport I can think of. I will phone my employer and explain the situation.
"I just hope this issue will be resolved as soon as possible," a shaken Kgogo said.
Witnesses last night described how a gunman fired at least 20 shots into the bustling rush-hour crowd.
It was fortunate there was just one fatality and that only four others were hurt, they said.
"It was like The Terminator. He just walked in calmly, randomly shooting. But I think he was shooting to scatter the crowd. If he wanted to, he could have killed a lot of people," said one witness.
The witness saw the gunman enter the first floor of the rank at about 5.30pm. At close range he fatally shot a driver, firing at least two shots through the vehicle's windscreen.
After killing the driver, he walked about 50m, shooting as he went.
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